Outerbridge v. Perdue Farms, Inc.

STEPHENS, Judge.

Gene Outerbridge (“Plaintiff’) appeals from an Opinion and Award of the North Carolina Industrial Commission (“Commission”) that awarded him benefits for temporary total disability from 15 May 2000 through 29 November 2000 and permanent partial impairment for a five percent rating to his back. For the reasons stated herein, we remand this case to the Commission for additional findings.

Plaintiff was employed by Perdue Farms (“Defendant”) on 15 May 2000 when he slipped and fell at work, injuring his back. Initially, Defendant accepted Plaintiff’s claim for workers’ compensation…